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Trace Adkins Biography
Birth Name:
Tracy Darrell Adkins
Birth Place:
Springhill, Louisana, United States
Profession
Country musician, author
Fast Facts
- Stands 6-foot-6 tall
- Played college football and studied petroleum technology at Louisiana Tech University
- Accidentally cut off a finger while working on an oil rig after college; it was later reattached
- Was shot by his then-wife Julie Curtis in 1994; he did not press charges
- Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2003
- Wrote the autobiography A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck (2007)
- Garnered second place in the 2008 edition of The Celebrity Apprentice
- Was the inspiration for the comic-book character Luke McBain, who appeared in a four-part comic series in 2009
- Supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project
Relationships
- Brianna Adkins -- Daughter
- Mackenzie Adkins -- Daughter
- Sarah Adkins -- Daughter
- Tarah Adkins -- Daughter
- Trinity Adkins -- Daughter
- Julie Curtis -- Ex-wife
- Aaron Adkins -- Father
- Peggy Adkins -- Mother
- Rhonda Forlaw -- Wife (separated)